Full list of 48 EU airports letting British holidaymakers use faster eGates this year – skipping long passport queues
MORE countries across Europe are allowing Brits to use their airport eGates - massively reducing wait times at security.
The UK government has confirmed that Sofia Airport in Bulgaria will now allow British holidaymakers to use the much faster eGate queues.
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Currently, Brits are facing hour-long queues at a number of popular holiday destinations due to be unable to use the eGates.
Instead, they are directed to the alternative queue for all other passengers, meaning huge delays when going through passport security.
However, earlier this month it was confirmed that Faro Airport - which connects Brits to the Algarve - would allow anyone from the UK to use their eGates.
Around 300,000 Brits headed to the Algarve last year, out of the 2.5million visiting Portugal.
Not only has Sofia followed suit, but Tallinn in Estonia has confirmed they will also remove the eGate ban for Brits from next year.
Around 500,000 UK holidaymakers visited Bulgaria last year, with many heading to the popular Sunny Beach.
And around 70,000 Brits visited Estonia last year.
The opening of the ports will see 49 destinations permitting the use of eGates to Brits.
This currently includes Paris, Rome, Lisbon and Tenerife.
EU Relations Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said: "Today's eGates win is great news for Brits travelling to the EU – and a clear sign of the Government's pragmatic reset of our relationship with Brussels and European capitals.'
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Paris Orly Airport
Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport
EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg
Marseille Provence Airport
Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport
Nice Airport
Eurostar Paris Gare du Nord Terminal
Eurostar London St Pancras Terminal
Eurotunnel Folkestone Terminal
Eurotunnel Calais Terminal
Port of Calais
Alicante
Mallorca
Tenerife
Lanzarote Egates
Gran Canaria
Ibiza
Naples Airport
Rome Fiumicino Airport
Rome Ciampino Airport
Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
Venice Marco Polo Airport
Cagliari Airport
Milan Malpensa Airport
Milan Linate Airport
Bari Airport
Brindisi Airport
Bergamo Airport
Treviso Airport
Verona Villafranca Airport
Florence Airport
Pisa International Airport
Turin Airport
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport
Catania Airport
Palermo Airport
Lisbon Airport Terminal 1
Faro Airport
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (exit only)
Larnaca International Airport
Paphos International Airport
Brussels airport
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
Dublin airport
Prague airport Terminal 1
Helsinki airport
Sofia airport
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said they wanted to reopen up the eGates to Brits again.
He said: "We will be and are pressing to get on with this straight away.
"Because for holiday makers wanting to get out this summer, they will want to know that they can do so easily, without delay and chaos."
Last summer, Brits missed their flights in Spain due to long passport queues while waiting to get them stamped.
Brits will also need to make sure they are still getting their passport stamped.
Current rules only allow UK tourists to stay in Europe for 90 days out of 180 days, which is what the entry and exit stamps are for.
Anyone seen to be overstaying can be banned from entering which happened to a Brit in Majorca back in 2022.
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This will eventually be scrapped when the c onstantly-delayed Entry/Exit System (EES) in introduced, set to be rolled out this October.
New biometric checks will replace manual passport stamping.
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